Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Pyrite, Siderite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationWallrock Is Kaolinized, Epidotized, And Chloritized, And Some Alunite Has Been Reported. The Breccia Fragments (Ore) Are Intensely Altered To An Essentially Structureless Aggregate Of Quartz And Sericite With Some Disseminated Pyrite And Chalcopyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1927
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10068920
MRDS IDW002195
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.56437, -71.4996
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 912PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 19691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972